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Gilbert Wayne Lauritsen

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Birth	:	18 Oct 1932 Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	24 Jul 2016 Nevada, USA
Burial	:	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Dannebrog, Howard County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1138992, -98.5485992
Description	:	DANNEBROG — Gilbert Wayne Lauritsen, 83, of Dannebrog died Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Wendover, Nev. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. The Rev. Sheri Lodel will officiate. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. A time to greet the family will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the funeral home. Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Lauritsen was born Oct. 18, 1932, in Dannebrog to Gilbert and Alice (Johnson) Lauritsen. He graduated from Dannebrog High... Read More	DANNEBROG — Gilbert Wayne Lauritsen, 83, of Dannebrog died Sunday, July 24, 2016, in Wendover, Nev. Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. The Rev. Sheri Lodel will officiate. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. A time to greet the family will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at the funeral home. Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Lauritsen was born Oct. 18, 1932, in Dannebrog to Gilbert and Alice (Johnson) Lauritsen. He graduated from Dannebrog High School in 1950. He worked construction and farmed until entering the U.S. Army in 1953. He was stationed in Berlin, Germany. Upon his discharge in 1955, he returned to further his education by attending Carlton College, University of Nebraska in Lincoln and Kearney State College, where he received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. Wayne was united in marriage to Jeanette Raftery in Dannebrog on June 9, 1957. The couple lived at various locations in Nebraska during summer work and while attending college. He taught and was the principal at Dannebrog from 1960 until 1967, when he became the principal of the new Centura Junior-Senior High School. In 1980, he returned to teaching to allow more time to farm with his brother. He retired in 1993 to devote full time to farming. Wayne was a member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and the Mickelsen Larkowski American Legion Post 241 of Dannebrog. He was a past member of the board of directors of Farmers Union Co-op and the Dannebrog Fire Department and was currently a member of the Dannebrog Village Board. He was instrumental in the development of the Dannebrog Oak Creek Hike and Bike Trail. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Jeanette of Dannebrog; two daughters and sons-in-law, Annette and Steve Rasmussen of Wayne and Cynthia and Tom Rivera of Omaha; four grandchildren, Josh Rasmussen, Zachary Rasmussen, Michelle Jaffery and her husband, Cyrus, and Jordan Rivera; a brother and sister-in-law, Arlan and Erma Lauritsen of Dannebrog; and a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Lonny and Robyn Raftery of Lincoln. He was preceded in death by his parents.

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Gilbert Wayne Lauritsen death on 24 Jul 2016 in Nevada, USA
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Latitude: 41.1138992
Longitude: -98.5485992

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Gilbert C Lauritsen

(1910 - 1994)

Alice L Johnson Lauritsen

(1912 - 1982)

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